This former McKinsey consultant wants to help Millennials gets their lives in order with Hello Alfred, a tech-savvy butler service priced for anyone. For $32 a week an “Alfred” will organize your Batcave and manage on-demand services.
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Archos has just announced two new smartphone series for this year. The Power range features phones with big batteries and long endurance, while the Cobalt lineup is all about colors.
Archos 40 Power
The Archos 40 Power is an entry-level device with a 4-inch display of 480 x 800 pixel resolution. It’s powered by the Spreadtrum SC7731C chipset with a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz. RAM is a modest 512MB, while internal storage is 8GB, expandable via microSD.
Archos 40 Power and 50 Power
The 40 Power (Power 40 might make more sense, but it’s not us in charge of naming conventions at Archos) comes with a 5MP camera on the back with an LED flash, while the front snapper is a 2MP unit. The basic connectivity suite covers quad-band 2G and dual-band 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS, and there’s also an FM radio.
Running Android 5.1 Lollpop, the smartphone comes with a 1,900mAh battery, which may not sound like a lot of “Power”, but given the hardware the capacity should be more than adequate. And when you hear the MSRP of 49.99, it becomes obvious where the focus of the 40 Power lies.
Archos 50 Power
The 50 Power sits a bit higher up the lineup and boasts an IPS 5-inch HD display. The Mediatek MT6735 is in charge here, with a quad-core CPU coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The 50 Power adds 4G to the connectivity package, and replaces the 5MP primary camera of the 40 Power with a 13MP unit.
The 50 Power comes with a 4,000mAh battery, making it a more worthy bearer of the Power moniker. It also commands a higher price – 129.99 to be precise. Both Power models will be available in May.
Archos 50 Cobalt
The Cobalt range launches with two new smartphones, both available in in either cobalt blue or dark grey color schemes. The 50 Cobalt is the more affordable of the pair, listed at 99.
Archos 50 Cobalt and 55 Cobalt +
It comes with an 5-inch 720p IPS display, Mediatek MT6535 chipset, a single gig of RAM and 8GB of built-in storage, expandable too. The 50 Cobalt comes with Cat.4 LTE support, quad-band 2G and dual-band 3G. The primary camera in this case is 8MP, complete with an LED flash. Battery capacity is a bit worrying at just 2,000mAh.
Archos 55 Cobalt +
The 55 Cobalt + has a 5.5-inch display, again of HD resolution and is powered by the same MT6535 chip. RAM and storage have been doubled compared to the 50 Cobalt, and the 55 Cobalt + has them at 2GB and 16GB, respectively.
The 55 Cobalt + features a 13MP camera with an LED flash on the back, and a 2MP front snapper. The power pack inside it has a 2,700mAh capacity, which sounds a bit more adequate than the 50 Cobalt. This largest model of the bunch has its price set at 149, and the Cobalts should hit the stores in…
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The number of Roku TVs will balloon to 60 this year, and TCL will release a set with the UHD-streaming features found in the Roku 4.
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LG Display unveiled a plethora of innovations for the upcoming CES expo in Las Vegas and it will be showing them off once the doors open in two days.
Some of the highlights of the OLED lineup of displays LG is bringing to CES include a rollable 18″ OLED, you can treat just like you do with a regular newspaper. There is also a 55″ paper-thin OLED TV, made possible because all circuits are installed separately. Finally, 65″ concave/convex model of the paper-thin TV is also expected to make an appearance.
LG will be introducing a double-sided 55″ OLED panel, capable of displaying different images on each side.
LG is working closely on different concepts of OLED combinations and the S-shaped 139″ Vertical Tiling OLED is one of those crazy innovations you will be able to see on CES. It has 8 65″ double sided OLED panels and it can show different picture on each size.
Enough with the concepts, there are some pieces that will make it to mass production and you will be able to experience those in Vegas. LG is prepping 65″ and 77″ OLED TVs with HDR capabilities for superb color accuracy, contrast, and equal color gamut to professional monitors for movie editing.
A 65″ UHD borderless TV will be also on the floor, as well as 8K 65″ TV and 31.5″ monitor. An 86″ LCD with 58:9 aspect should allow for some new ideas to go live.
Finally, LG will showcase a 25″ waterfall-like curved LCD to fit in different car interiors as well as 10.3″ LCD panels that respond drivers wearing gloves. The auto fans seems to be getting some interesting treatment indeed.
Fingers-crossed some of those wonders makes it to mass production later…
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No es ningún secreto que Microsoft y Cyanogen han estado colaborando para llevar Cortana a Cyanogen OS. Y tampoco es ningún secreto que Microsoft está orgullosa de su asistente virtual de tal forma que quiere que todo el mundo lo pruebe, y tampoco que los chicos de Cyanogen quieren ser lo más independientes de Google como les sea posible. Pues bien, ya ha llegado el día que en Cortana se integra nativamente en Cyanogen OS.
Gracias al hilo que se ha abierto en los foros oficiales del OnePlus One sobre su actualización a Cyanogen OS 12.1.1 (YOG7DAS2K1), y tal y como nos adelantaban nuestros compañeros de WinPhone metro, sabemos que Cortana ya viene integrado en el sistema, aunque Google Now sigue estando presente. Por tanto, los usuarios tienen la opción de utilizar el asistente que deseen.
Aunque pueda parecer algo no demasiado importante, desde luego este movimiento hace que Cortana gane protagonismo en la plataforma móvil de los de Mountain View. Como decíamos al principio, Microsoft no quiere que Cortana sea solamente accesible por los usuarios que usen sus sistemas, sino que pretende darlo a conocer a todo el público posible, y en los usuarios Android está claro que ha visto un filón.
Más si llega a “alianzas” como esta con Cyanogen, cuyo software está presente de forma oficial en teléfonos como el BQ Aquaris X5 Cyanogen, o el ZUK Z1. Por otra parte, tampoco debemos olvidar los cientos de dispositivos Android con soporte oficial y también no oficial de CyanogenMod.
Es probable que todos esos teléfonos también cuenten tarde o temprano con Cortana de forma nativa, algo que, de la misma forma que puede gustar a muchos, también puede disgustar a otros, que ya están acostumbrados a Google Now y no quieren probar Cortana, o que directamente no usan quieren usar un asistente virtual. Sea como sea, siempre cabe la posibilidad de prescindir de ellos desinstalándolos.
¿Y tú que piensas? Pásate por Cortana, el asistente virtual de Microsoft, ya se integra en Cyanogen OS para dejar tu huella.
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A century ago, Einstein put forth a new theory of gravity: General Relativity. The solar eclipse of 1919 finally confirmed that mass gravitationally bent light around it.
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Self-driving cars are coming, and faster than ever.
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Just how powerful does your PC need to be to use VR?
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GM Invests $500 Million In Lyft
The founders of Lyft, the ride-hailing service, have long imagined that the future of transportation would involve fewer cars on the road. Now General Motors is helping the start-up reach that goal.
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